Handbag



July 18, 19 9. A, AY 2,166,217

HANDBAG Filed Aug. 14, 1957 i z i Patented July 18, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 14,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to handbags and to a method of manufacturing a handbag having a one-piece felted or fabric body.

One of the objects of my invention is to form a handbag by shaping an ordinary unblocked hat body into a handbag body and applying a frame thereto to complete the bag.

Another object of my invention is to manufacture a handbag having a seamless one-piece felted or fabric body and which can be made entirely without stitching.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sturdy handbag which will be most easy to manufacture and which will eliminate most of the steps now practised in the handbag industry, insuring a more economical, stronger handbag and which is moreover of more pleasing appearance than possible by the present method of sewing together the component parts of the bag.

Other objects of my invention will appear from the following description, it being understood that the above general statements of the objects of my invention are intended to explain, and not to limit it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary unblocked hat body as supplied to hat manufacturers.

Fig. 2 is the hat body shown in Fig. l in the first stage of blocking to form a handbag body.

Fig. 3 is the same hat body after having been further blocked to the desired form.

Fig. 4. illustrates the final step in the formation of the handbag body showing the end walls bent inwardly.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the handbag body shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is. a longitudinal section through the completed handbag illustrating the connection of the handbag body to a frame.

Fig. '7 is a section along the line l-'l of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawing, l designates the raw, unblocked hat form which is available in various materials such as felt, soft leathers, fabrics, straw, etc., and which is ordinarily used in the manufacture of hats. These hat forms are well known in the art and are generally produced by attracting hair fibers to a cone-shaped member and thereafter agglomerating these fibers whereby said attracted fibers are matted to- 1937, Serial No. 159,054

prises the top frames 9a, the end frames 9, the

handle ii, and the inside pocket if.

The junction of the frames s is placed in the crotch at the base of the edges 3. The pivots in are secured to the frames El at their junction, and these pivots it! support the inside pocket 12 which is thereby suspended in the finished handbag.

The frames 9a and 9 are channel shaped in cross section and the edges 8 are inserted in the channel formed by the frames 9, while the top edges. 8a of the body form *1 are inserted in the channel formed by the frames 9a.

The frames are thereafter clamped so as to securely grip the edges 8 and 8a of the body form 4 and this operation completes the handbag. It will be noted that no stitching is required, inasmuch as the original hat body is blocked, slit and the skeleton clamped to its edges.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and it is. obvious that numerous changes and omissions may be made without departing from its spirit.

For example, while I have illustrated my invention as being constructed with a handbag skeleton, a slide fastener, such as a zipper, may be substituted therefor. In this embodiment, the hookless fastener would be secured to the edges of the handbag body just as a frame and it is understood that my invention covers this variation.

I claim:

In a method of making a handbag from a body of fibers, those steps which comprise blocking said body so as to produce a bag form thereof having a plait at its sides, slitting said plait at the fold, and securing a handbag frame to the top edges of said form and to the side edges formed by said slit.

ARTHUR MAYER. 

